Lavallii rushed 19 yards for a score to give the Chippewas (2-4, 1-1 Middle Atlantic Conference) a 7-3 lead early in the second quarter. Miami (0-5, 0-1) responded in the third quarter when Austin Boucher found David Frazier for the 10-yard score.

Central Michigan took the next drive and marched on a 16-play, 84-yard scoring drive, capped off with Lavallii’s 3-yard score. Maurice Shoemaker-Gilmore added a 16-yard scoring run with 6:13 left to play, and the Chippewas let their defense do the rest.

Miami’s Austin Gearing finished with 108 yards on 15 carries but was unable to find the end zone. This is the third time this season that Miami was held to less than 10 points.

Central Michigan will take on Ohio next week while Miami will play Massachusetts.

BALL STATE 48, VIRGINIA 27

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — Keith Wenning threw for two touchdowns and ran for another as Ball State defeated Virginia.

Jahwan Edwards added three scoring runs for Ball State (5-1), which shredded a Virginia (2-3) defense that came in allowing only 299 yards per game. The Cardinals finished with 506 yards.

Wenning had TD passes of 11 yards to Willie Snead in the second quarter and 72 yards to Jordan Williams — a fourth-quarter back-breaker that put the Cardinals up 41-27 and sent many in the crowd of 38,228 scurrying for the exits.

Edwards’ 17-yard TD run sealed it. He also had scoring runs of 3 and 32 yards.

Virginia’s David Watford was 21 of 36 for 209 yards and one interception. Kevin Parks ran for two touchdowns for Virginia. The Cavaliers looked explosive at times as they compiled 459 yards, but they were done in by missed opportunities, turnovers and penalties.

OHIO 43, AKRON 3

AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Tyler Tettleton threw for two touchdowns as Ohio opened Mid-American Conference play with a victory over Akron.

Ohio (4-1, 1-0 Mid-American) started slow but scored 21 unanswered points in the second quarter to take a 30-3 halftime lead.

Tettleton finished the game with 171 total yards on 14-of-21 passing. Donte Foster was his top receiver as he pulled in four passes for 76 yards and one touchdown.

Kyle Pohl lead Akron (1-5, 0-2), throwing for 101 yards. Robert Stein’s 31-yard field goal was Akron’s only score.

The Bobcat defense stymied the Zips all day, limiting Akron to 157 total yards, and sacking Pohl eight times for total losses of 45 yards. Antwa Crutcher and Ty Branz combined for 13 tackles and 3 sacks to lead the Ohio defense. Tarell Basham also had two sacks.